Dermott
Named for S. P. McDermott, who had crossroads store and was an early postmaster. Began as a community called Dark, 1-1/2 miles northeast. (School in area was named Bookout). Town moved 1909 to the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. It had a hotel and a number of businesses. The Santa Fe was built in 1911, and the competing railroads made this a busy cattle shipping center, with full loading pens. Town moved 1915 to Santa Fe Railroad. The R.S. & P. tracks were taken up in 1942. The town had new population in the late 1940s, during county oil boom. (1966)
32.8569° N, 101.0182° W
Where to Find It
From Snyder take US 84 about 12 miles northwest to marker (on east side of road near CR 2121).
Nearby Markers
- 1.9 mi SE Home County of Famous Frontiersman J. Wright Mooar Snyder
- 5.6 mi SE Scurry County's Billionth Barrel of Oil Snyder
- 6.9 mi W Former Townsite of Light Fluvanna
- 7 mi W Fluvanna Mercantile Company Fluvanna
- 7 mi W Fluvanna Fluvanna
- 7.5 mi W Site of First Presbyterian Church of Fluvanna Fluvanna